My Name is
Sarah
Sarah
Sarah's mother passed away as a result of severe pneumonia. She and her younger sister Faith were then left in the care of relatives who could not provide for their basic needs. The siblings arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2006. Sarah enjoys drawing, coloring, and painting. She creates amazing works of art, and her interest in art has led to her being a more creative thinker. She is polite and always ready to share her ideas with other students. She is loving and willing to offer a helping hand to others. She has learned from the Rafiki Bible Study that she should live a life pleasing to God, and she continues to trust that God's grace is sufficient for her.
DOB: Jan 6, 2001
Shadreck
After the death of his parents, Shadreck was in the care of an impoverished widow could not properly feed him.
Joshua
Joshua was abandoned by his sixteen-year-old mother.
Catherine
Catherine was found wandering the streets of her village when she was approximately two years old.
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Queenie
Queenie was abandoned in 2010 and has no known family.
Mavis
Mavis was orphaned when both of her parents died of illnesses.
Joseph
Joseph's mother was disabled, and they were internally displaced as a result of the 2007-post-presidential elections violence.
Jennifer
Jennifer and her twin sisters lived with their aunt and her family after the death of their parents.
Juliet
Juliet Faith was found abandoned in a remote area outside of Nairobi, Kenya.
Patience
Patience’s father was a soldier and died before she turned 3.
Andrew
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2008, Andrew was a double orphan living with his impoverished aunt who only survived off the...
Kelvin
Kelvin and his sister had been in the care of their grandparents since the death of their mother and father. The grandparents found it difficult to...
Yeabsira
Yeabisira's mother left him with her brother when he was just one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Kiziya
Kiziya’s father died in 2006 after a brief illness, and her mother died while giving birth to her younger brother, Isaac.
Cephas
Cephas's father died just before he was born, and his mother died when he was just four years old.
Moses
Moses’s parents both died within a year of each other, leaving him orphaned as an infant.
Florence
Florence's father died before she was born and her mother died of an illness when she was only three months old.
Jamesetta
Jamesetta, her sister, Amelia, and her brother, Jimmy, arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012.
Mary
After the death of her parents, Mary and her sisters lived with their aunt.
John Mueke
Very few details are known about John. His mother is deceased and his father is presumed to be as well.
Janet
Janet is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Joanna, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Eva
Eva and her brother Lemmy were living with their grandmother, who attempted to feed the children on a daily basis but often was not able to.
Wanangwa
By 2007, Wanangwa had lost both of his parents to fatal illnesses.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.